Sorry, ESPN. This was, in the words of Groucho Marx, "the last in a long series of straws."
The grand Mufti of Jerusalem went to Germany during the war and met with Hitler and Goebels...Shilling is right. They are still trying to kill jews...ESPN is full of crapola.
Being Politically Correct can get you beheaded.
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So, ESPN stands with islamist nazis.
Earlier stories said that Schilling was suspended from the Little League World Series, but he was absent from Sunday Night Baseball as well. He was replaced by some woman who was there to provide the color commentary. I don’t remember her name or who she pitched for in the big leagues.
My approach to this as POTUS would be a suspension of ESPN or its related media from covering myself or the White House.
I would also check to see if any media related to ESPN or ESPN itself employed foreign nationals on H1B visas etc. and see to it that those individuals had their visas revoked and they would be deported from the USA.
Curt pussed out and apologized to everyone for his being insensitive. I guess he really didn’t mean it. He’s a pussy cat.
I kind of wish I had a subscription with ESPN so I could call them up and tell them why I was canceling.
ESPN – what happened to you? Your intolerant PC police are running amok and making a joke out of you!
By picking and choosing who they’ll tolerate and who they’ll try to destroy, ESPN has zero credibility as a sound and reasonable media outlet. They suspended former major league great Curt Schilling because of his tweet:
"Only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists. In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How’d that go?"
ESPN reacted about as fast as a Schilling pitch, wimpering, "Curt’s tweet was completely unacceptable, and in no way represents our company’s perspective. We have removed him from his current assignment… pending further consideration.”
Two points – well, three, because Curt’s a pretty conservative/independent guy.
One – there’s been crude, rude bile spewing from the once-great sports network for years now. Trust me. I know. My name and reputation’s been in it. One ESPN affiliate’s on-air rant featuring their misogynist, animalistic "analysts" grunting and giggling through an entire x-rated celebration of violence against women didn’t even draw a chirp from ESPN’s wussified leaders. Look it up; I don’t want to have to recount it. ESPN radio affiliate in Las Vegas got its kicks out of convicted rapist Mike Tyson describing the next rape he’d want to see. (Warning, graphic language throughout that Sept. 20, 2011 broadcast.)
Two – Schilling’s tweet – was he wrong? No! In fact his stats were too generous in estimating Muslims’ attitudes. Reports show it’s 88% of Egyptian Muslims favoring DEATH for anyone who leaves Islam. The majority of Muslims in many other places share the sentiment. In America, these views could be correctly described as “extreme.”
The difference between Hitler’s army and the genocidal maniacs of ISIS is that the jihadists don’t have as much power… yet.
By denying the accuracy of Schilling’s tweet, ESPN shows its weakness as it buys into the propaganda of ISIS and other terror organizations, helping mislead the public about the very real threat of terrorism. It shows once again that ESPN would rather concentrate on liberal global politics instead of report well on our beloved sports.
From those of us who used to LOVE the network (to the point of addiction, some would confess!), I say to ESPN – you are awful in this. Stick to sports.
I returned to ESPN to watch the Montana vs North Dakota State game and immediately turned it off as soon as it was over!
FUESPN
A man tweets something that’s factually correct, he could lose his job.
A man puts on lipstick and a dress and they give him a GD award.
Curt was right, and I wonder what will happen to Tony (Korn Dog) Kornheiser for his remarks. (So I pulled up this thread as a reminder.)
ESPN should ESAD!